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Intel C2E QX6700 2.66GHz (Retail) Product Details

Intel C2E QX6700 2.66GHz (Retail)

Intel
Core 2 Extreme QX6700 Processor BX80562QX6700
Extreme dominance built-in. You've battled your enemies in this world and beyond,
but never like this. With an Intel® Core™2 Extreme processor, you'll have the
best desktop PC experiences for years to come. Bar none. Experience performance
second to none on highly-threaded apps² and get in the game like it was meant
to be played with the Intel® Core™2 Extreme quad-core processor QX6700—the world's
first quad-core desktop processor.

Intel® Core™2 Extreme Quad-Core Processor
When more is better—with four processing cores the Quad-Core Intel Core
2 Extreme processor is a multitasking monster delivering twice the performance
on highly-threaded apps taking your desktop PC experience into a completely
new realm of mega power. Built to deliver serious performance on the games of
today, the Quad-Core Intel Core 2 Extreme processor can take on anything you
throw at it, including the highly-threaded games of tomorrow.

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Designed for extreme power, the Dual-Core and Quad-Core Intel® Core™2
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Features

Intel® Wide Dynamic Execution
Enabling delivery of more instructions per clock cycle to improve gaming execution
time and energy efficiency

Intel® Intelligent Power Capability
Designed to deliver extreme energy-efficient performance

Intel® Smart Memory Access
Improving system performance by optimizing the use of all available data bandwidth

Intel® Advanced Smart Cache
Providing a higher-performance, more efficient cache subsystem. Optimized
for industry leading multi-threaded games broad range of applications, including
ultra-realistic game physics and human-like artificial intelligence for an
intense gaming experience unlike any other

Intel® Advanced Digital Media Boost
Accelerating a broad range of applications, including ultra-realistic game
physics and human-like artificial intelligence for an intense gaming experience
unlike any other

Solid performance a power house, Great for gaming, I have it liquid cooled at 42 C and it is stable, and meets all my needs and more. I have had no trouble with it at all. 5 out of 5 stars here

Overall

4.5

Value

3.0

Features

5.0

Quality

5.0

Performance

5.0

Reviewer:

whitlehm

Date:

Jun 06, 2007

It's expensive and very few games can currently utilize multiple cores but the OS at least tries to. Running one graphics intensive game, the processing shifted over to using 3 cores rather unevenly but there was no lag. Where I saw the greatest improvement was when I changed over from XP Pro to Vista that frequently pops in other programs in the background and it ran smoothly with all four cores frequently active. My AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+ would lag, forcing me to reduce the framerate using the same video, drives and a good Mobo. Reading some other reviews, I find it odd to see people rate something that they don't own.

Overall

5.0

Value

5.0

Features

5.0

Quality

5.0

Performance

5.0

Reviewer:

Tony

Date:

Jun 06, 2007

Blew me away. I use this for music recording. Started with clustered machines. Not enough power, and to much noise. Went dual core. Better on the noise not enough power. Quad-core, liquid cool. Ultra quiet. Operates at lowest latency of 2ms while recording 16 tracks at once!!!! incredible. Hands down the slickest chip on the market. Can't wait to see the Octo-core!

Overall

4.8

Value

4.0

Features

5.0

Quality

5.0

Performance

5.0

Reviewer:

alrob

Date:

May 26, 2007

Theese people are novices. I have owned this processor since the day it was released. I have had it overclocked from the very first day to 2.93GHz @ 1.3volts. This processor is simply the best processor currently on the market PERIOD. Games rock and NO dual cores even come close to its performance on Vista. I know, I own several. It runs very cool and rock solid on Vista64. The only drawback is the price. I wanted the best, I got it, and I'm glad I did. If you have the money, buy it, you wont be disappointed!

Overall

5.0

Value

5.0

Features

5.0

Quality

5.0

Performance

5.0

Reviewer:

STFU

Date:

May 13, 2007

I got this processor quite a while ago and I think it's fantastic, it's getting higher in price though which is confusing. But I do want to say one thing and this got me going when I heard Josh's review. A lot of what he is saying is true but the thing is that this processor is more for a digital artist, video editor, ETC. Many of those programs are using Quad cores very well. I have to agree though to WAIT FOR THE NEWER PROCESSORS! Intel and soon other companies made some advances and processors should be better. They bettered the electric leakeage which also means that the Heat problem has lessoned. Probably within a year they will be selling better and faster processors. But if you need some horsepower now and it's for multimedia work, this is a great Processor and so far It has lasted me a good while. It makes some serious cuts in rendering time with Lightwave 3D which is Awsome.

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